Transx Tutorials

Created using TransX version 3.09 originally developed by Duncan Sharp..
Agentgonzo picked up the ball and
continued development of TransX. In Dec 2010, atomicdryad fixed bugs
associated with 3.13 and created this
version.In January 2014 Enjo finished development of this version (which I recommend with Orbiter 2010 instead of the stock version supplied with the download.

These tutorials are
intended to be done by simultaneously running both the tutorial in a browser
window and Orbiter in Window mode. The associated scenario file is available
inside each tutorial. New transx users are recommended to start with lesson 1
and work their way thru the rest in numerical order.

This tutorial is designed to assist in using Transx MFD in getting back to Earth from the moon. You should already have a basic ability to control the deltaglider and have already done Earth to Moon transfers using the basic tools like Orbit, Align and Transfer.

In this Transx tutorial you are in a fairly low Mars orbit within a couple degrees of alignment with Phobos. The mission goal will be to do a single burn that adjusts both Prograde and Inclination as well as the time of the burn to transfer to Phobos.

This exercise is to start from low Earth orbit and plan and fly a trajectory that does a single prograde burn that has the ship travel to the moon to sling around and return to Earth where either a second burn would reinsert a low Earth orbit or do a reentry. A mid-course correction is done on both the outbound and return legs. To save time the low Earth orbit is already aligned with the moon's orbit.